From 9d416a7c10298fd8325e13c5e48f7196d4dbeff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 02:39:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update the text on the Expat module and library. --- Modules/Setup.dist | 26 +++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist index 905d0ac47e2..b8532abca8e 100644 --- a/Modules/Setup.dist +++ b/Modules/Setup.dist @@ -450,25 +450,17 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear # Interface to the Expat XML parser # -# Expat is written by James Clark and must be downloaded separately -# (see below). The pyexpat module was written by Paul Prescod after a -# prototype by Jack Jansen. +# Expat was written by James Clark and is now maintained by a group of +# developers on SourceForge; see www.libexpat.org for more +# information. The pyexpat module was written by Paul Prescod after a +# prototype by Jack Jansen. Source of Expat 1.95.2 is included in +# Modules/expat/. Usage of a system shared libexpat.so/expat.dll is +# not advised. # -# The Expat dist includes Windows .lib and .dll files. Home page is at -# http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html, the current production release is -# always ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/xml/expat.zip. +# More information on Expat can be found at www.libexpat.org. # -# EXPAT_DIR, below, should point to the expat/ directory created by -# unpacking the Expat source distribution. -# -# Note: the expat build process doesn't yet build a libexpat.a; you can -# do this manually while we try convince the author to add it. To do so, -# cd to EXPAT_DIR, run "make" if you have not done so, then run: -# -# ar cr libexpat.a xmltok/*.o xmlparse/*.o -# -#EXPAT_DIR=/usr/local/src/expat -#pyexpat pyexpat.c -I$(EXPAT_DIR)/xmlparse -L$(EXPAT_DIR) -lexpat +#EXPAT_DIR=/usr/local/src/expat-1.95.2 +#pyexpat pyexpat.c -DHAVE_EXPAT_H -I$(EXPAT_DIR)/lib -L$(EXPAT_DIR) -lexpat # Example -- included for reference only: